All RSSB articles – Page 2
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Rail Business UKRSSB commissions rail industry decarbonisation plan
UK: The Rail Safety and Standards Board has commissioned Ricardo and Mott MacDonald to develop a decarbonisation action plan for the UK rail industry. This will clarify responsibilities, determine achievable timescales and provide a framework for measuring, monitoring and reporting on decarbonisation efforts. It will include: ...
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Rail Business UKRobot train cleaner to be tested
UK: A robot designed to clean hard-to-reach areas between and underneath train seats is being developed by the National Robotarium research centre, which has unveiled the design ahead of laboratory and real-world trials with a prototype in 2022. The National Robotarium is supported by Heriot-Watt University ...
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Rail Business UKStation air quality monitoring programme begins
UK: RSSB has launched the Stations Air Quality Monitoring Network to help the rail industry take effective decisions on where air quality improvement plans are required. The £4·5m programme is being funded by the Department for Transport. Diffusion tubes are being deployed at more than 100 ...
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Rail Business UKRail Social Value Tool goes live for early adopters
UK: An online Rail Social Value Tool has been launched to help forecast the net social, economic and environmental value that a rail project, organisation or specific initiative might generate. The tool has been developed by the Rail Safety & Standards Board and Loop (formerly Social ...
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Rail Business UKRevolution Very Light Rail demonstrator offers options for branch line revival
Rail Business UK takes a ride on the Revolution Very Light Rail vehicle, which is designed to provide an attractive, low-cost option to facilitate the reopening of disused branch lines and extending existing lines.
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Rail Business UKRail Health & Wellbeing Index launched
tn_gb-networkrail-people-hivi_03.jpg UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has developed a rail-specific Health & Wellbeing Index which is designed to enable organisations to assess health-based investment decisions by calculating the impact of risks such as fatigue, stress, mental health, musculoskeletal disorders, hand arm vibration syndrome, respiratory ...
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Rail Business UKOn-train air quality standards to be reviewed following RSSB research
UK: The Department for Transport has ordered a review of regulations governing exposure to air pollution on trains and at stations, after research commissioned from the Rail Safety & Standards Board found that air quality was ‘poorer than desired’ on some trains using diesel power. RSSB’s ...
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Rail Business UKPrototype Revolution Very Light Rail vehicle ready for testing
UK: Assembly of the prototype Revolution Very Light Rail vehicle has been completed, and is it now ready for testing to assess the feasibility of providing passenger services on low-traffic and feeder routes where the high cost of conventional rolling stock is currently a barrier to operations.
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Rail Business UKWellbeing in Rail Award launched at the 24th RBAs
UK: Reflecting many of the challenges facing the rail sector over the past months, the 24th Rail Business Awards will include a new Wellbeing in Rail award, which is being introduced with the support of RSSB and the cross-industry Rail Wellbeing Alliance. The award is intended to ...
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Rail Business UKRSSB business plan aims at a ‘better, safer’ post-pandemic railway
UK: Innovation, efficiency, sustainability, safety, health and wellbeing are amongst the objectives of safety and standards body RSSB’s 2021-22 business plan Plans for the coming year include: continuing to develop the Covid-19 transmission model and risk support to reflect the vaccination roll-out; driving forward the ...
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Rail Business UKBrake van requirements removed from railway operating rules
UK: Updates to rail freight operating instructions have seen the final removal of the requirement to provide brake vans in some circumstances.
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Rail Business UKRSSB appoints Sustainability Director to ‘reinvigorate’ rail sector’s approach
UK: Rail safety and standards body RSSB has appointed George Davies as Director of Sustainable Development, leading a new programme designed to ‘reinvigorate’ the rail sector’s efforts to tackle challenges including decarbonisation, air quality and social sustainability. Davies was previously Head of Sustainability at Heathrow Airport. ...
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Rail Business UKRevolution Very Light Rail demonstrator vehicle prepared for testing
UK: The prototype Revolution Very Light Rail railcar has been delivered to the Quinton Rail Technology Centre at Long Marston, where final assembly, system integration and performance validation testing will be completed by early 2021 ahead of demonstration to potential railway project sponsors and stakeholders. Revolution VLR ...
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Rail Business UKShipping company joins RSSB to benefit from rail’s safety culture
UK: DFDS Seaways Immingham has joined the Rail Safety & Standards Board as its first shipping company member. This provides the freight shipping, warehousing and logistics operator with access to RSSB’s resource library and ‘world class’ training on human behaviour, safety culture developments and safety processes and ...
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Rail Business UKRail Technical Strategy to focus on outcomes
UK: A vision for the development and deployment of technology across the UK rail sector was unveiled on October 13 with the publication of the 2020 Rail Technical Strategy.
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Rail Business UKUnlocking Innovation webinars to look at routes to zero carbon rail
UK: Routes to Zero Carbon Rail is the theme of the Railway Industry Association’s next Unlocking Innovation webinar series, which is being held in partnership with RSSB. The 90 min events, which are open to all, will be held at 14.00 each day from October 19 to ...
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Rail Business UKRoutes to Zero Carbon Rail webinar series announced
UK:· The Railway Industry Association, RSSB and strategic partners Network Rail and the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network have announced the next Unlocking Innovation webinar series, which will focus on Routes to Zero Carbon Rail. There will be free 1½ h webinars every day at 14.00 ...
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Rail Business UKData-driven performance and short term planning projects funded
UK: RSSB has announced the three winners of funding under the second round of its Data Sandbox+ programme, which aims develop data-driven ways of improving operational performance, and two projects to be funded under the Dynamic Train Planning competition. The selected Data Sandbox+ projects are: Utilising ...
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Rail Business UKRSSB publishes updated rail industry health & safety strategy
Source: Network Rail UK: RSSB has published a new version of its Leading Health & Safety on Britain’s Railway strategy. This sets out areas where the industry needs to co-operate to achieve a step-change in performance, recognising that there are still significant risks involved in signals passed ...
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Rail Business UKRSSB publishes 2020-21 business plan
UK: Safety and standards body RSSB has published its business plan for 2020-21, developed in consultation with its members, affiliates and the wider rail industry. This includes: Safer Rail: a ‘refreshed’ health & and safety strategy with dedicated resources allocated for implementation; Healthier Rail: initiatives to ...
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